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Lot 235

Pocket Bible – Plantin Press – Antwerp, 1573-1574

Five Books of the Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. Antwerp: Christophorus Plantin, 1573[-1574].
Pocket format. Entire Bible without vowels and cantillation.
Original leather binding, decorated with vegetal and geometric patterns.

Part I (Five Books of the Torah): 318 pages; Part II (Neviim Rishonim): 271 pages; Part III (Neviim Acharonim): 287 pages; Part IV (Ketuvim): 352 pages. Blank pages between parts. 10.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and minor tears. Bookplates. Inscriptions on last page and endpapers. Gilt edges. Original leather binding, somewhat worn; repairs to edges of binding and spine.

Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.